Violinist
This week’s group class is titled “Bach Day” as the class is the same day as the Middlebury Bach Festival at Middlebury College. (I’m thrilled to be playing viola in the festival performance of the Bach Brandenburg 3!) At our Bach Day class, we will be playing all of the Bach pieces we know in
The Middlebury Chamber Music Festival returns for its fifth year in Middlebury, Vermont from June 28-30, 2019. This year’s festival will be an intimate quartet workshop for adult amateur string players and pianists taught by visiting artists, Miho Zaitsu (cello), Jonathan Weber (violin and viola), Marc Ramirez (violin and viola) and Olivia Hajioff (violin and
Group class is offered for all Suzuki violin private lesson students at the Middlebury Community Music Center. Students from other Suzuki violin teachers are always welcome. Group class is included in the private lesson tuition for MCMC students and students from other studios are welcome to offer a donation. Group class schedule for the Fall-Spring:
Bohemian and free-wheeling, the Vermont Suzuki Institute, The GMSI is my favorite Suzuki Institute I have attended thus far. I was charmed by not one but two invites to a potluck dinners, endless picnics on the grass, group classes under the trees, chamber music in welcoming locals homes with lovely pianos, multiple options for
Summer violin lessons are open summer residents as well as year long students at the Middlebury Community Music Center. Summer lessons scheduling is more flexible than school year lessons as students can opt for lessons when schedules permit. Here is the form to choose dates and times the work for families: https://mcmcsummerlessons.as.me/?calendarID=2158091
Below is the schedule for the in-service day Chamber Music program at MCMC this coming Thursday, October 19, 2017 from 9:00AM-noon). Please bring a music stand if you have one and a check made out to the Middlebury Community Music Center or cash for $25. Snacks will be provided during breaks! Short
The 2017-18 lesson calendar begins next week. Below are a few things to help prepare for a great year! Instruments: If you our your child are just starting out, I advise students to wait a few weeks before renting a violin. During the first few lessons we will work on violin posture and attention
Middlebury Community Music Center Camp Adagio Concert Friday, August 4, 2017, 2PM Saint Stephen’s Church, Middlebury, Vermont Program The Harmonious Blacksmith (8 hands) GF Handel Lila Brightman, Jacob Graham, Noah Berg, and Toby Wells-Spackman (piano) Melody Arthur Le Jeune Lila Brightman, violin and Jacob Graham, piano Kookaburra Australian Folk Song Firoliralera
I’ve started using the pop song Heathens by Twenty One Pilots to help violin students develop proficiency in finger patterns used for the Bach minuets in Suzuki book 1. Sheet music is available on musicnotes.com but most students figure it out by ear. Here’s a link to a the Simply Three cover…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu427Fjlt1w
Attached is sheet music for the intonation and bowing excercise based on Suzuki “Tonalization” I use frequently with students and to settle before my own practice. Tonalization G Major
Emily Sunderman 